Also written 御舎. The emperor's palace or dwellings of the upper class in the proto-historic and early historic periods. The…

The term for steps constructed at the center front of two important imperial palace buildings in Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, the…

Also mikawa 御溝. Ditches surrounding each building in the Imperial Palace. The present palace, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, has…

A variation on the usual style of opaque sliding partitioning screen *fusuma …

1　A part of the emperor's residential compound Dairi 内裏 in the Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. The…

Also bukemado 武家窓, bugyōmado 奉行窓. Edo period windows with heavy vertical lattice bars, used in castle…

Also kiriotoshi 切落.

1　A generic term for a floor that is lower than the main floor of a…

1　A general term for the final or innermost room of a *shoin 書院…

Lit. "the front, surface, or exterior of something."
1　The front part of a house and the area around the…

A generic term used from the Muromachi through the Edo periods to indicate facilities provided for the visit of a shogun to…

1　A low four-legged table used in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods in upper class priestly and lay…

Also written 男末.
1　A writing and service room for servants responsible for household chores in either…

1　The wife of a member of the upper classes and her living chambers. The term, used in the Muromachi period…

A room connected to the *oyudono 御湯殿 where utensils for the emperor's meals were kept.…

1　A north room in the western pent-roof structure *hisashi 廂…